If you are better informed on the how, what and where of ransomware attacks, you will be better equipped on what decisions you need to take to defend against it.

Here is an article from last week that is an in depth look at the Vice Society hacking gang’s operations. It was issued by the following US government agencies; the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center …

The FBI warning of DeFi vulnerabilities being exploited

The FBI has issued a warning to investors who plan to Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Platforms for crypto-currency transactions highlighting the ease with which threat actors are exploiting any vulnerabilities in the platform’s security. Cyber Criminals Increasingly Exploit Vulnerabilities in Decentralized Finance Platforms to Obtain Cryptocurrency, Causing Investors to Lose Money …

More ransomware money returned – but your cyber security plan should not depend on that. Do you have a cyber security plan?

Masterclass September 2022

This time the US Department of Justice has returned about half a million dollars worth of Bitcoin to two hospital groups who had paid ransomware ransoms to North Korean threat actors. US seizes stolen funds from suspected North Korean hackers – BBC News However it is better to have not …

What is the UK’s official response to Chinese cyber aggression?

Well according to report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee it is “incoherent and muted”: Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK foreign policy – Foreign Affairs Committee (parliament.uk) Then there was this from last week: UK response to Chinas tech push ‘incoherent and muted’ • …